Research in Zoos
30/09/2022 13:05
Why is research in zoos important?
• To continually improve animal welfare
• To learn more about the ecology, biology and
behaviour of animals
• To compare wild and captive behaviour
• To obtain knowledge about nutrition and feeding
behaviours
• To understand reproduction cycles
• To continually improve captive enclosures and diets
• To reflect as fully as possible the physiological and
behavioural needs of individual animals, and are
expanding our understanding of how they think and
interact
Who is involved in zoo research?
• Zookeepers
○ Animal observation
○ Improve husbandry guidelines
○ Animal interactions between keepers
○ Collect data
• Volunteers
○ Animal observation
○ Raise awareness and increase funds from
visitors to go into funding research
○ Free so means more money can go into research
• Education department
○ Contacting students and organising research
studies
○ Putting research into practice into zoos and
improving captive welfare of animals
○ Raising awareness and knowledge of species
and increasing interest
• Students
○ Conducting research
○ Animal monitoring and observations
○ A paring various zoos and evaluating them to
show the best codes of practice for species.
• Colleges/universities
○ Conducting research
30/09/2022 13:05
Why is research in zoos important?
• To continually improve animal welfare
• To learn more about the ecology, biology and
behaviour of animals
• To compare wild and captive behaviour
• To obtain knowledge about nutrition and feeding
behaviours
• To understand reproduction cycles
• To continually improve captive enclosures and diets
• To reflect as fully as possible the physiological and
behavioural needs of individual animals, and are
expanding our understanding of how they think and
interact
Who is involved in zoo research?
• Zookeepers
○ Animal observation
○ Improve husbandry guidelines
○ Animal interactions between keepers
○ Collect data
• Volunteers
○ Animal observation
○ Raise awareness and increase funds from
visitors to go into funding research
○ Free so means more money can go into research
• Education department
○ Contacting students and organising research
studies
○ Putting research into practice into zoos and
improving captive welfare of animals
○ Raising awareness and knowledge of species
and increasing interest
• Students
○ Conducting research
○ Animal monitoring and observations
○ A paring various zoos and evaluating them to
show the best codes of practice for species.
• Colleges/universities
○ Conducting research
